Dear Friends and Other Inquirers:
Welcome! Thank you so much for exploring the website of our Athens Branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). In the event that you are less than fully aware of our mission, ASALH, founded by the outstanding historian Carter G. Woodson in the early twentieth century, seeks to promote the study of local, national, and global history of people of African descent, that is, Black people. Certainly, the value of Black history is crucial for understanding the complete saga of the triumphs and trials of humanity, for each ethnic-racial group is a part of the entirety of humanity and inseparable from the whole.

Equally important, a more complete understanding of human history that includes the Black experience counteracts, and hopefully will help eliminate, racial prejudice-bias-domination-supremacy wherever it is found, even when the targeted groups are non-Blacks. Such racism not only blurs the vision of justice and compassion of non-Blacks, but it can also be occasions for misunderstanding and disharmony among Blacks themselves. Furthermore, vibrant activities by organizations devoted to the history and life of African Americans are even more necessary given apparent efforts in some quarters to blunt, obscure, and get around the history of Blacks in some of our educational institutions.
We welcome you to this website and urge you to return periodically for important information and updates. And, we issue a hearty invitation for you, on an individual level and as a member of an organization or group, to become members of ASALH, thereby joining us in this march to promote the history and lives of Black people. Thank you, again, and remember to return often.
On behalf of the Athens Branch of ASALH and in accord with our (inter)national organization, I give you

Our regards,
Sandy Dwayne Martin
President, Athens Branch of ASALH